Experimental investigation of the laminar flow and heat transfer performance of a harmonica tube with or without mini-fins

2020 ◽  
Vol 164 ◽  
pp. 114502
Author(s):  
Yiwei Wang ◽  
Ti Dong ◽  
Wenjiong Cao ◽  
Peng Peng ◽  
Fangming Jiang
Author(s):  
A. Dominic ◽  
J. Sarangan ◽  
S. Suresh ◽  
V. S. Devah Dhanush

An experimental investigation on the heat transfer performance and pressure drop characteristics of thermally developing and hydrodynamically developed laminar flow of de-ionized (DI) water and 0.1%, 0.5%, and 0.8% concentrations of Al2O3/water nanofluid in wavy and straight minichannels was conducted. Reynolds number was varied from 700 to 1900 and two different heat fluxes of 45 kW/m2 and 65 kW/m2 were applied. The performance factor (PF) of water in wavy minichannels over their straight counterparts was higher than the nanofluids. Temperature distributions and general correlations of these minichannels are also presented.


2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 411-425 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suvanjan Bhattacharyya ◽  
Ali Cemal Benim ◽  
Himadri Chattopadhyay ◽  
Arnab Banerjee

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